The Spanish programas de testimonio (“testimony talk shows”) started to be produced and broadcast in the nineties, 3 long after the genre of tabloid, or confessional, talk shows started in the U.S. and the U.K. Although their origin can be found in this kind of English-speaking television programme, there are actually some differences that show that Spanish testimony talk shows such as Esta es mi gente and El Diario de Patricia are not merely a copy of those but have been adapted and designed to target their audience in Spain. These differences suggest that we should consider these programmes a separate subgenre of talk show.